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China cuts yuan to over four-year low vs dollar
Dec 11, 2015 (AFP)
China's central bank on Friday cut the yuan's value against the greenback to its lowest in more than four years, only a week after the International Monetary Fu...
Chinese steel dumping threatens sector recovery in Europe, US
Dec 09, 2015 (AFP)
European and US steel producers are only slowly emerging from a 2008 sector meltdown, but already they are faced with a new challenge: Chinese dumping. Chinese ...
China imports and exports fall again in November: govt
Dec 08, 2015 (AFP)
Chinese imports and exports both fell in November, official data showed Tuesday, the latest poor figures from the world's second-largest economy. The country is...
S. Korea ratifies free trade deal with China
Nov 30, 2015 (AFP)
South Korea on Monday ratified a free trade agreement (FTA) with China that would remove most tariffs between Asia's largest and fourth-largest economies. The p...
Hungary to issue yuan bonds with Chinese blessing
Nov 25, 2015 (AFP)
Hungary said on Wednesday it will issue bonds denominated in yuan, a first for any central or eastern European country. Hungary hopes the move, based on a memor...
China proposes firm to fund projects in Europe
Nov 24, 2015 (AFP)
China is proposing a financial firm to fund projects in central and eastern Europe, Premier Li Keqiang said Tuesday, extending the Asian giant's global reach as...
Metal prices slide on strong dollar, China woes
Nov 20, 2015 (AFP)
The prices of metals slumped to multi-year low points this week owing mainly to a strengthening dollar and persistent concerns over weaker Chinese demand, analy...
Xi warns of rival free trade pact 'fragmentation'
Nov 18, 2015 (AFP)
China's President Xi Jinping Wednesday urged Asian economies to sign up to its free trade agreement, warning that rival pacts risked causing "fragmentation" amo...
Pakistan army chief heads to US as pressure grows over Afghanistan
Nov 14, 2015 (AFP)
Pakistan's influential military chief will visit the US from Sunday, a trip analysts say will underscore security issues facing Islamabad and Washington in the ...
China splurges on world's biggest online shopping spree
Nov 11, 2015 (AFP)
Chinese Internet users spent billions of dollars in the planet's biggest online shopping splurge Wednesday, as "Singles Day" hit new heights, despite slowing gr...
Pakistan hands land over to China for economic zone
Nov 11, 2015 (AFP)
Pakistan handed hundreds of hectares of land over to China Wednesday for development of a special economic zone in the port of Gwadar, part of a $46 billion pro...
China to push alternative trade pact at APEC: minister
Nov 10, 2015 (AFP)
China will seek to push its own vision of an Asia-Pacific trade pact at a regional summit next week, senior officials said Tuesday, after this month's release o...
Japan's six-month current account surplus quadruples
Nov 10, 2015 (AFP)
Japan said Tuesday its current account surplus more than quadrupled in the six months to September thanks to an improving trade picture and buoyant returns on t...
Shanghai free trade zone director under investigation
Nov 10, 2015 (AFP)
A director of China's first free trade zone (FTZ) in Shanghai has been put under investigation for "severe disciplinary violations", Communist Party authorities...
Record China trade surplus highlights struggle to boost demand
Nov 08, 2015 (AFP)
China recorded its highest trade surplus on record last month, official data showed Sunday, as plunging imports highlighted the country's continued struggle to ...
China applies to join European reconstruction bank
Nov 05, 2015 (AFP)
China has requested to join the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), the bank's chief economist said Thursday. "China has indeed made a form...
Trade trumps hostility for S. Korea-China-Japan summit
Oct 31, 2015 (AFP)
South Korea, China and Japan hold their first leadership summit in more than three years Sunday, marking a victory for political, and particularly economic prag...
Chinese investors held after metals exchange protest plans
Oct 29, 2015 (AFP)
Hundreds of Chinese investors who lost vast sums on a failed metals exchange were detained to stop them mounting a protest in Beijing, several of them told AFP ...
German exporters thrive despite China concerns: federation
Oct 27, 2015 (AFP)
Germany's export sector is in good shape and is unlikely to be hurt by the Volkswagen scandal, although concerns remain about the economic slowdown in China, th...
Tech spats spark fears of 'digital protectionism'
Oct 24, 2015 (AFP)
As American tech giants extend their global reach, fears are growing on their side of the Atlantic over trade barriers some see as "digital protectionism." Whil...
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